RE: 9.2.0.3 online index builds resolved (we hope)

Stephen,
When you say there IS an problem with index rebuilds what do you mean?
Have Oracle acknowledged it as a bug?

Your work around basically slows the volume of data being passed through the buffer cache, presumably allowing other users to get on with their work.
I assume that this causes the index rebuild to take longer than it did with with a higher MBRC on 8.1.7.4 - is that true ?

Well folks, there IS an issue with online index builds in 9.2.0.3. Not only
have we experienced "normal" SQL getting blocked, but we have seen index
builds hang indefinitely -- while holding the blocking lock (of course!).
The work around is (we hope):

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